The Lecks

The Lecks KBS CRA C NO605126 0m

The Lecks 1855 OS 6 inch 1st edn

Sc leck

‘Stone slabs or shelves of rock’, referring to the rocks that form the shore here. Sc leck is borrowed from G leac, and may appear as an element in the place-name Leckerstane, of which there are several examples in Fife and beyond (see Taylor 2003).

/ðəˈlɛks/

This place-name appeared in printed volume 3